all decision-makings [sic] to the presidents of each company, taking a
seemingly aloof attitude concerning details of business operation. [sic] It
appeared that all he was doing as the leader of a large business group was
meeting guests at his home or at the corporate guesthouse Seungjiwon in
Hannam-dong, Seoul.” The article is in English and is not available online. It is
in the author’s possession.
“Do you know...how many”: Hwang Young-key, interview by the author, June 5,
2014.
“Even in such a situation”: Lee, Lee Kun-hee Essays, pp. 56–57.
According to a booklet Samsung published: Lee Won-bok, Let’s Change Ourselves
First: A Comic Book About Samsung’s New Management Story (Seoul: Samsung
Economic Research Institute, April 1994). This source is in Korean. The
author’s researcher translated the title and the quoted text into English.
“From the summer of 1992”: Lee, Lee Kun-hee Essays, p. 57.
8: GLORIOUS CHAIRMAN!
“Come and see for yourself”: Seoul PLAN Department, Lee Kun-hee New
Management Philosophy, p. 12.
“But they didn’t listen”: Nakarmi and Neff, “Samsung’s Radical Shakeup.”
“Tonight you should tell me”: Song-Hong Kim and In-Ho Woo, “Change Everything
You Got, Except for Your Family,” The Korea Herald, May 31, 2003. The
article is in English and is not available online. It is in the author’s possession.
“The chairman [asked] some”: Park Tae-hee and Kim Jung-yoon, “Fukuda Report
Author Recalls Role in Reform of a Giant,” Korea JoongAng Daily, December
1, 2012, http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?
aid=2963241.
An expensive piece of testing equipment: Nakarmi and Neff, “Samsung’s Radical
Shakeup.”
The Japanese delegation continued: Kim and Woo, “Change Everything You Got.”
“Automobiles were the most important”: Hwang Young-key, interview by the
author, June 5, 2014.
“The outer shape is important”: Park Tae-hee and Kim Jung-yoon, “Fukuda Report
Author Recalls Role.”
“Why is this happening?”: Hwang Young-key, interview by the author, June 5,
2014.
What he saw appalled him: Nakarmi and Neff, “Samsung’s Radical Shakeup.”
Samsung would replay recordings: Sam Grobart, “How Samsung Became the
World’s No. 1 Smartphone Maker,” Bloomberg Businessweek, March 29, 2013,
